1900 series switch

[SB-K]

Is a 1900 series switch good enough to cover the lab exercises for the ccna.

Thanks

[Big Evil]

Yeah you should be fine.

[Darby Weaver]

Update: January 2011

It's a little dated these days and while it still works like it used to, I'd recommend a $50.00 2950 from ebay or at the very least the $5.00-$15.00 2900XL series to play around with.

Darby Weaver

[TheDon]

I was going to ask about this (CCNA). I've have the following routers:

- 2610XM
- 2620
- 2620XM

So for Catalyst's, 2900 series are the ones? And I'll need two of them right?

P.S.
Third question :) What would be the typically CCNP setup (for forward planning).

[Darby Weaver]

The 2950 would be mostly ideal for the CCNA studies.

Moving forward 3550 switches are relatively cheap these days at under $150.00 each or so on buy it now offers on ebay.

I use 3550 switches in my CCIE Lab so for me this works.

For the CCNP at least 2 more 2600s will work nicely. I'd recommend the XM models over the non-XMs and I'd recommend maxing out the DRAM/Flash which usually means ensuring compatability. There is a chip you may need if you are not careful while buying your gear but it is cheap and plentiful enough to come by. No worries there.

Moving forward - 3725 routers might even be a better buy and more forward thinking but at a little heavier cost too but they come with 2 FE interfaces so not too bad and enough DRAM/Flash typically but make sure.

Darby Weaver

[Darby Weaver]

I'd recommend 2 switches for the CCNA.

I'd recommend at least 3 switches for the CCNP/CCIE level of studies. 3 will do for just about everything under the sun but the lab does have 4.

Darby Weaver

[TheDon]

Thanks Darby :)